The "What's a good name for this?" thread

"but with modern tecnology and society"

Wait, what kind of setting does the work take place in? Modern times or Fantasy? Is the continent a good or bad place to live in?

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So anyway, I had an idea for a race of enemy aliens in a game. Their ability is very overpowered, yet they're easy to beat with the right strategy.

First things first- they're immune to any form of harm, except one (which will be shown below). Not even Reality Warping is able to hurt them at all. Not even the strongest Story-Breaker Power will harm them, nothing under No Saving Throw or Unblockable Attack works, and Anti-Magic and Power Nullifier does jack.

Secondly, these things are spawned in pairs within their home dimension. They cannot be spawned or created by any other means, not even Reality Warping or The Power of Creation is able to do so. It's also impossible to shapeshift or transform oneself or anything else into them.

So, how do one even beat them, you ask? Whenever each pair is spawned, they're spawned quite a bit of distance from each other. Each pair gets an opposing trait (said opposites are usually easy ones and found in kids' books). The ONLY way to beat these aliens is to bring both opposing ones together- once they reach a certain distance, they will attract each other, then cancel each other out in an explosion, dying in the process (they can't escape death once attraction happens). Thankfully, they do chase down the first non-alien they see, so it's easy to lure them to their opposite to destroy them.

Due to having adjectives, all of them have different traits. They otherwise look similar to each other unless their adjective makes them look different:

• Black and White- the "basic" variants, they don't have any other ability than being... black/white.
• Hot- looks like it's on fire, creates a damaging heat aura around it, deals fire element contact damage. Cold- looks like it's made of ice, creates a damaging cold aura around it, deals ice element contact damage.
• Wet- has a water texture, creates water around it, attacks deal water damage. Dry-has a sand texture, dries up water around it, attacks deal earth damage.
• Hard- has a granite texture, attacks deal extra damage. Soft- has a sponge texture, has Rubber Man powers.
• Big- Giant Mook version. Small- Mini Mook version.
• Tall- looks vertically stretched, attacks with impaling. Short- looks vertically compressed, attacks by rolling.
• Heavy- creates ground shockwaves whenever it moves, and a stronger one when it jumps and lands. Light- jumps really high, and shoots projectiles when doing sky acrobatics.
• Fast- has Super-Speed. Slow- the entire guy moves in slo-mo, including speech and movements. Yeah, he's not good at moving or attacking, but it also means he's near-impossible to lure.
• Friendly/Good- will actually befriend the player's side, attempting to defend them from the other aliens. Hostile/Bad- will attack his own alien friends, which of course only makes them irritated since he can't actually hurt them.
• Brave- spouts encouraging quotes while encouraging allies to fight better, will attempt to attack the most powerful opponent (without dying, since it can only be killed by its counterpart). Cowardly- attempts to back away from the fight, cowers behind teammates, then starts running around in panic due to being afraid of everything, including its own teammates (yes it deals Collision Damage when it's running around).

Now the problem. I've yet to find a name that fits this alien race. "Opposers" sounds pretty silly, I'd probably want the element of opposites to be more subtle.

edited 6th Nov '15 8:32:04 PM by ironcommando

...eheh

What about "Dichons", as in dichotomy?

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

Is a modern based setting. Is now just a mini continent who is the last place of the world (the rest of the world is less than dust now). Actually is a ok place to like but some Evil Overlord can turn it into a really bad place.

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Dichons is good. But i had the idea of: Taolitiers (if they are named by the humans)

Watch me destroying my country

Sancturia or Sanctum? Since the rest of the world is a mess, it's the last living sanctuary/sanctum of sorts...

Dichons sounds pretty good to me. Hmm...

edited 6th Nov '15 8:21:55 PM by ironcommando

...eheh

Does anyone know of a good Mongolian-to-English-and-vice-versa online dictionary? I need a Mongolian word that could be used to denote a state of rage-driven berserker-style frenzy; perhaps a word meaning "fury" or some other synonym for "anger". Compare the real-life term "musth", which is of Indian origin.

edited 8th Nov '15 5:45:01 AM by MarqFJA

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Hmm

On the translator, when I type in "anger", "rage", and "fury", I all get the same thing: уур хилэн (uur khilen)

...eheh

... But that's two words.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.

So? Languages are not meant to translate into each other, they do not have to obey each other's rules.

edited 8th Nov '15 11:07:13 PM by Night

Nous restons ici.

Except that it's a very simple concept (anger). You'd think you don't need more than a single word for it in any language. Now, naunced variations of said simple concept are a different ballpark.

Huh. Apparently it can translate to one word, namely "уур" or "уурлуулах"... However that is supposed to be pronounced.

edited 8th Nov '15 11:12:35 PM by MarqFJA

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"уур" is apparently pronounced as "uur". "уурлуулах" is apparently the verb "anger" (to make someone angry)

edited 8th Nov '15 11:41:42 PM by ironcommando

...eheh

What kind of man does "Keegan Drake" sound like?

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

In a viking. A badass one.

Watch me destroying my country

A morally ambiguously business man.

edited 18th Nov '15 12:17:42 AM by Kiefen

British.

Nous restons ici.

He is a British Army officer and quarter Norwegian, so perfect.

(He does get approached by a shady businessman as well. )

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

Looking for a couple of "cop" names for a pair of British detectives - one is the slick, smooth-talking "good cop" of the duo while the other is the impulsive and aggressive "bad cop". Ideally, something with a Meaningful Name element to reflect their personalities. Having them only be referred by their last names alone would more than suffice as they're mainly side characters.

I've tried looking up British weapons from WWII for inspiration but nothing really clicked. Any nominations or suggestions? Thanks ahead.

edited 18th Nov '15 4:10:26 PM by peasant

From the sounds of it, it sounds kind of cliche in terms of cop partners. Depending on the tone you want to set, you can pick cliche-like names. I can suggest names like Raul and Butch if you want to go serious. Look up popular British names too.

I need a name for a protagonist who's forgotten his name and past due to a terrible catastrophe. He's a scavenger and loner, and was found out in the Siberian wasteland. He wears a balaclava that covers everything but his eyes.

edited 24th Nov '15 9:24:33 AM by electronic-tragedy

Life is hard, that's why no one survives.

Do you want the given-at-birth name, or the name he gives himself because he forget his given name, or both?

The latter can depend on the story. 'What's your name?' 'Er... *looks around, sees snow*... Snow. Yes, Snow.'

Or even name him after the color of his eyes, possibly justified by everyone else calling him based on his eye color.

edited 24th Nov '15 10:23:39 PM by hellomoto

So I'm looking for something to call a civilisation which is kind of a cross between the Time Lords and The Fair Folk. Any suggestions?

edited 24th Nov '15 10:57:34 PM by Nightwire

The Elder Kind, or maybe Wandering Watchmen? Not sure if that's the kind you need.

Rejoice!

Depends on the balance between those two. But presumably like The Fair Folk themselves, it would be a mortal-given name meant to avoid offending them. "The Clever Clockmakers," perhaps?

I need a name for a Brazilian arms manufacturing conglomerate specializing in high-end, high-quality arms, personal armor, and vehicles for police, counter-insurgency forces, and cyberpunk-level "corporate security".

EDIT: Scratch it. I'm going with "Pereira-Merquior".

edited 28th Nov '15 10:26:13 PM by KillerClowns

I need a name for a fictional USA-based news agency that operates across multiple media (i.e. it has its own TV and radio services, prints its own newspaper, has an online news service, etc.)^note Is the term "multimedia news agency" applicable here?, and delivers news on a diverse variety of subjects, both domestic and foreign, with an emphasis on freedom of the media, willingness to present dissenting views, and humanitarian issues. Politically, it can be classified as "independent", "postpartisan", and/or "transpartisan" (though opponents would probably use much more negative terms). Alphabet News Network is acceptable, though not required, and if you go this way, please don't just offer a random combination of letters.

edited 1st Dec '15 2:18:27 AM by MarqFJA

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Nothing fancy but what about "Liberty News"?

That would've been perfect... if it were not already taken; see also here, which lists the "Liberty Media" and "Liberty Global" companies among others. That said, adding a qualifier before the name should solve the problem, and I don't see anyone using "Daily Liberty", "New Liberty", or "Global Liberty News".

Or maybe I should name it after the personification of America. "New Columbia Media" (a la New America Media) has a nice ring to it.

Hmm... "New Liberty Media" (NLM) or "New Columbia Media" (NCM)... Hard to choose.

Any other suggestions?

edited 1st Dec '15 4:40:28 AM by MarqFJA

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I'd say go with "New Liberty Media", it has a nice ring to it.

Rejoice!